2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Hawaii

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Anthropology is the 77th most popular major in the country with 11,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,616 and had an average of $23,038 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 61 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,706 and $21,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,385 and $28,544 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Hawaii” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in anthropology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their anthropology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii bachelor’s degree anthropology students.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in Hawaii

1

University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, Hawaii

#7 overall quality in Hawaii

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Hawaii list. Hilo, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Anthropology at University of Hawaii at Hilo

2

Brigham Young University - Hawaii
Laie, Hawaii

#2 overall quality in Hawaii

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Hawaii list. BYU - H is located in Laie, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full BYU - H Anthropology Report

3

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

#3 overall quality in Hawaii

$23,706 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,500 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Anthropology Major in Hawaii list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s anthropology degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Anthropology Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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